The drive is a Quantum 40 MB hard drive. I checked the SCSI cable and it seemed to be fine. I feel the drive spin up when I turn it on but I know well that just because it spins doesn't mean it works (thanks iMac G4 for teaching me that lol). I was looking at the logic board and I found that gunk around the compacitors. So I'll be washing it today (I hope it works).
On Apr 16, 2:12 pm, hartonj <[email protected]> wrote: > For curiosity's sake, what model and storage size is the hard drive? > (just pop top off of the case and read off the label) It's possible > that the drive has failed, which would be unfortunate, but not > uncommon. The computer is 18+ years old after all. Anyway, do check > the cable connections first as noted above. I assume the floppy is not > on the SCSI bus, but the hard drive is. I doubt the bus would fail > though. Maybe the power supply is failing? If the drives don't have > enough power they might not operate properly. > > On Apr 16, 10:21 am, Alex Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I'll try the com-opt-p-r command as soon as I get my keyboard. The > > computer will not boot onto any floppy disk I put into it although I > > do feel the hard disk spinning up when I turn it on. > > > On Apr 16, 8:01 am, Manuel Marques <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > My LCIII's usually work fine without a PRAM battery, so the drive > > > issue might not be related to the lack of a PRAM battery! > > > Check the connection between the logic board and the hard drive; also, > > > see if the drive itself makes some noises as you turn the computer on > > > - if it is the original drive, it might not work properly anymore... > > > > Try booting with the Disk Tools floppy (from the 7.1 installation, for > > > instance) and running Disk First Aid. If it detects the drive, it > > > could be a file corruption issue. If not, it might worse than that, > > > and your best bet is getting a new SCSI disk for your LC. > > > > Good luck with that! ;) > > > > MM > > > > On Apr 16, 2:18 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > Hmm, usually not. But you can try a startup with the cmd.-opt.-R-P down > > > > to restore the PRAM. > > > > > >Ok I put a fresh PRAM battery in but it still won't boot onto the hard > > > > >disk. Is there a boot command that I need to use? > > > > > >On Apr 15, 3:08 pm, WhyOSX <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> Go get a fresh battery and spend a 7.1 to this machine (or a 7.5.5). > > > > >> Good luck ! > > > > >> Lars > > > > > -- > > > > ----- > > > > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > > > > group. > > > > The list FAQ is > > > > athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtmlandournetiquetteguide is > > > > athttp://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > > > To leave this group, send email to > > > > [email protected] > > > > For more options, visit this group > > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > > > > Support for older Macs:http://lowendmac.com/services/ > > > > -- > > > ----- > > > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > > > group. > > > The list FAQ is > > > athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtmlandournetiquette guide is > > > athttp://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > > To leave this group, send email to > > > [email protected] > > > For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > > > Support for older Macs:http://lowendmac.com/services/ > > > -- > > ----- > > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > > group. > > The list FAQ is athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtmlandour > > netiquette guide is athttp://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > > Support for older Macs:http://lowendmac.com/services/ > > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. > The list FAQ is athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtmland our > netiquette guide is athttp://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs:http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
